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Monday's Musings
WE R THE CHAMPIONS It was a tough conflict for this pundit on Sunday. On the one hand, the joys the game brings after battles on the pitch – everlasting friendships! On the other hand, live action which was the start of forming such friendships. I succumbed to the former and offer...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW ON THE GROW Today we bring news to our readers about changes at the House of Windsor. In cooperation with Oak Bay Municipality a new storage shed has been completed to meet expanded equipment needs for our burgeoning programs. At the same time foundations of an expanded lighting system...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
NOT CW’s FIRST RODEO Friday’s ‘Under the Lights’ will be the hattrick of such matches between UVic and CW. The first was eight years ago (2016-11-12) and The Tricolors had a 35 – 24 victory. It was two years later (2018-11-11) when CW won the second such match 12 – 7 on an ethereal night...
The GOOD, the BAD and the MONDAY!
THE GOOD Amazing! Boys’ youth rugby was on display at Windsor on Sunday. The action was in the VIRU semi-finals. CW was the victor in U14, U16, and U18 action. U14 BOYS It was CW with a healthy total vs a Comox team that battled bravely to score three second half tries. This was a...
Every Picture Tells a Story!
Photo - John Richardson Last week this site offered a reward for the Photo-of-the-Day. Unfortunately, entries were not forthcoming but the excellent work of John Richardson, with his permission, is being offered to show a couple of his shots from the day. John’s photos do have a price to...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Shaye Ogurek, Unsung Hero – On & Off the Field Shaye (and "CW") – in her element. Today we bring our readers a great article to kick off the season. We recently sat down to learn about a CW pathway athlete that has maximized her rugby experience while completing her degree in...
Monday's Musings
AGE GRADE TO KAMLOOPS ALOHA! CW was easily indentified off the field at Kamloops last weekend! Kudos to Ed Knaggs, conceptualizer of Krazy road trip outfits. On the pitch, some 120 teams in 10 Divisions, from U14 to U18, boys and girls, took part in the competition. Teams came from...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
DISCOVERY SPORTS CLUBOver the past year or more, we have discussed the DSC Clubhouse's financial and operational challenges. To address these issues, the DSC Executive, composed of CW Rugby and Castaways Soccer members, has been working diligently to...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Last weekend saw the return of rugby to CW. Coach Ken Goodland took his senior men to MacDonald Park on Saturday where the two clubs, (JBAA) had a good run out. The afternoon started with two thirty-minute periods of full contact. This was followed by specific opposed work with separated...
Castaway Wanderers congratulates the National Senior Womens Olympic Silver medalists
Castaway Wanderers would like to congratulate their pathway product, Caroline Crossley, and the National Senior Women's 7s team on their incredible run at the Paris Olympics culminating in a Silver medal. It is a new level for a program that was reset just after the Tokyo Olympics and...
EPIC OUTCOME
Photo - Ellis Rugby JUBILATION! Photo - Rugby Canada I have had to take time for this result to sink in! Just what does one write? How does one come up with sufficient superlatives to describe the NSWT 7’s Herculean effort to win a silver medal in Paris? The whole deal...
Monday's Musings
Medal Bound - Photo, Rugby Canada PATHWAY TO THE TOP ECHELON TRANSATLANTIC U20 QUAD SERIES Today we applaud the success of the NSWT U20’s who recently completed a sweep against the USA (23 – 10), England (36 – 33), and Wales (53 – 17). This is in stark contrast to the recent efforts of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Photo credit - Photosport A Long Way From Home. Last Saturday a crowd of some 34,000 gathered to watch the All-Black Vs Fiji game at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium (beers - $26NZ!!). The All Blacks proved superior by a score of 47 - 5. Just a brief mention, adding great kudos from NZ...
Paris Bound!
Today CW honors and congratulates Caroline Crossley who has been selected for the NSWT's VII's for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Caroline has been a member of CW rugby since her very young years. She has faced recent injury adversity, overcoming surgery and rehabilitation over an approximate...
Monday's Musings
Minis Hit The Tour Trail Akin to summer tours planned by Scotland to the Americas, starting off Vs Canada; Wales, next weekend Vs South Africa, before going to Australia; and England next weekend Vs Japan, before going on to NZ; CW U12 Minis recently travelled to Vancouver to play Mulgrave School...
Monday's Musings
CW/UVIC SPEEDSTER, Spencer Cotie. Photo - Rugby Canada Men Mired in Mediocrity – Some Observations Following the NSMT’s Sevens abject results we now see our Men’s U20 program falling far behind the U.S. In chasing a 15-point deficit to get to the WC Tier II competition, things did...
Monday's Musings
BRICKBATS to RUGBY CANADA! Canada Men's U20 team took on their USA counterparts on Saturday at Shawnigan Lake School and came away on the losing end, 33 - 18. This writer's beef is the fact that Rugby Canada posted absolutely nothing about the match until late Friday. In fact, details of...
Monday's Musings
New Link With Oz Established CW's, Jace Peters has found himself on the pitch with the NSW Country, Cowra Eagles. The Tricolours have a great link with Casey Dunning's home club, Nelson Bay Gropers in NSW and we now extend our link to the Central West of NSW. Strangely enough, Cowra plays...
CW Age Grade Shine at Sevens
Coach Denver & his U16 Boys - 1st Place ONE WEEK AGO Last weekend the Vancouver Sevens was preceded by Sevens competition for U15, U16 and U18 boys and girls on Thursday & Friday. Thirty teams from as far afield as Edmonton, Washington and Nova Scotia participated! South Island – VI Tide...
Monday's Musings
(Photo - Rugby Canada) VANCOUVER SEVENS- WEEKEND WARRIORS CWRFC congratulates Caroline, Sophie and all of their team mates on their ‘underdog victory’ in the bronze medal match yesterday, defeating Australia by a score of 19 – 14. Earlier, they had squeaked by the USA, 12 - 10 in...
M.I.A.
An astute follower of our site made reference to the fact that Lockie Kratz's name had been omitted to follow at the Sevens this weekend. Unfortunately, for Lockie and a couple of other teammates, they suffered serious injuries at the last tournament in Perth. Lockie's knee was...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CHEER FOR ME! This weekend's Sevens in Vancouver, the ninth IRB version at BC PLACE will have good television coverage........ Saturday February 24 TSN4 11:20am-3:00pm PT / 2:20-6:00pm ET Pool play matches, including Canada’s Women’s Sevens Team vs Spain (11:43am PT / 2:43pm ET)...
Monday's Musings
WINNER OF LUCKY DRAW FOR SEVENS TIX Congratulations to Fay Vintcent who won tickets to the Vancouver Sevens this weekend after purchasing a table of ten for our upcoming Fun(d)raiser on May 10th. If you missed the lucky draw, don't miss the event! BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE The event will have...
Monday's Musings
Plotting the “Second Half”. CW’s men have been hard at it, preparing to cause a few surprises in the “second half”. The mood has been upbeat as the men move into Islander action on Saturday, January 27th against Nanaimo Hornets at Windsor, to be followed by a controlled scrimmage against...
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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